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MP condemns plans for solar ‘mega-park’ near Upwey

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Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
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West Dorset MP Chris Loder has said the proposal for a mega solar park, developing approximately 1,300 acres of farmland near Upwey into a solar park is an appalling use of greenbelt farm land and it totally opposed to it.

 

Mr Loder said; “Businesses such as Leaker Bakery are closing as a result of not being able to invest in solar panels for their own properties, yet over a thousand acres are now being proposed for solar panels at the expense of our own food security. Priorities need to be addressed”.

 

Last year, Lib-Dem and Green Councillors on Dorset’s Planning Committee passed a motion to allow the development of around 180 acres of land near Sherborne to be developed into a solar farm- a move which Mr Loder also opposed.

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